GENEALOGY AND HISTORY SITES THAT ARE FREE TO ACCESS AND FREE TO USE

Hard to find but free places where you can research genealogy on line, without having to pay. Your comments and feedback are welcome to any post. If you find dead links, please let me know so I can update or remove links that are no longer valid.

About me: Jerry E. ReedFirst and foremost, I am a seasoned voice talent and media/public relations specialist with many other interests. I have been helping businesses with their narrations, presentations, commercials, and more all of my adult life.For more information about Jerry Reed - Voice Talent visit:http://jerryreed.com

I am also a genealogist, an avid photographer, and artisan bread baker.My genealogy interest began before personal computers were a family "must have." Personal genealogy computer research has blossomed in the past 15 years. It wasn't long before someone decided that they could charge for information that should be free and in the public domain. I have always been frustrated by that. Now, thousands and thousands of pages of useful facts are coming on line daily in free-to-access digital archives located all over the world. So, I'm constantly searching for new sources of free on line material. Blog updates follow this section and all links are added to the master list below the new posts.Updates are posted whenI discover another new source or when something I have already reviewed gets a major update. Have fun and enjoy.

Note: if you find a link no longer works, please let me know so I can research and update it.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

As I return from the summer hiatus, my first posting is a revisit. If you haven't visited Family Search from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, this might be the time. I know a great deal of information has come on line since my last visit, most notably census images from U.S. Census. Also in the past year they have added an index to the 1881 Census of the UK, although actual images are not yet available. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Here's the link:https://www.familysearch.org/ and their Twitter handle is @FamilySearch so you can keep up to date on the very latest, instant news from the site. They also have a YouTube channel - FamilySearch YouTube.